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Welcome to the group. My name is Dolores Buente. I came to this group about 4 years ago when I had just been diagnosed with Parkinson's myself. I was 58 at time of diagnosis but had made the rounds to doctors for about 2 years prior. Like you, I wanted to learn all I could about this disorder and this group has been a great help. I hope that you've contacted the National Parkinson Foundation or similar group and gotten their informational packet on Parkinson's. With your daughter's nursing background, you are probably ahead in your knowlege than many of us were when we came here first. If you are anything like me, you were probably stunned and also somewhat relieved when you were finally diagnosed. I was so exasperated with feeling bad and knowing that things were not right with my body but having nothing to relate it to. Even so, the first year or so was pretty tough for me to adjust to the reality of it all. It was a great gift to me that there was a place such as this group to meet with others who are living with this condition and share in their knowlege and support. I don't know how others had coped before Al Gore invented the internet :) It's good that you're having a good response to your medication. We are fortunate that there are drugs out there that can help us as much as they do. Your decision to join a local support group sounds like a good thing too. I find that visits to my neuro leave much to be desired in the way of information or support and I don't think that they can fully relate to the issues that we deal with daily. Oh, by the way, we do get into the political issues that pertain to Parkinson's too and if you are inclined to feel that you want to be a part of this conversation, we welcome your addition. If you are not interested in these topics, you can just delete them and go on to the posts of your choice. Hope to hear from you soon so that we can get to know you better. Dee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn